Seconda Divisione was divided in two leagues, the Northern League (headquarters in Genoa) of three groups, and the Southern League (headquarters in Rome) of four groups. 30 teams competed in the north league while 28 teams competed in the southern league. The winners of any group of Northern league were promoted. The winners of any group of Southern league qualified to the final group. The winner of the final group was promoted.

However, following numerous bankruptcies that involved every southern team in Prima Divisione (second level) except the Puglia's teams, were later promoted in Prima Divisione also Savoia and Tivoli. The other teams of the Second Division Southern League refused to be admitted in Prima Divisione.

Tivoli, initially relegated, following numerous bankruptcies that involved every southern team of Prima Divisione (second level) except the Puglia's teams, was even admitted to Prima Divisione because the other teams of the Second Division (except Savoia) refused to be admitted to Prima Divisione.

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Association football league system in Italy
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A certain number of the most successful clubs in each league can rise to a higher league, whilst those that finish at the bottom of their league can find themselves relegated. In addition to sporting performance, promotion is usually contingent on meeting criteria set by the higher league, in theory it is possible for a lowly local amateur club to rise to the pinnacle of the Italian game and win the Scudetto. While this may be unlikely in practice, there certainly is significant movement within the pyramid, the top two levels contain one division each. Below this, the levels have progressively more parallel divisions, which each cover progressively smaller geographic areas, the first leagues were started by English immigrants in the 1890s in Italy. The first club was Genoa Cricket and Athletic Club, initially there were separate leagues for Italians and foreigners, they merged around 1897. In March 1898, the Italian Football Federation was set up in Turin, with four clubs joining - Genoa, FC Torinese, Internazionale di Torino and the Società Ginnastica di Torino. Other clubs existed but decided not to join, the first championship took place on a single day, May 8,1898 in Torino. The title was won by Genoa, FIGC joined FIFA in 1905 and the championship moved to a league structure, based on regions, in the same year. After the interruption of World War I, football popularity grew, hence in 1922 Italy had two champions US Pro Vercelli and US Novese. The two groups eventually re-merged at the end of the season, the move to a single national league structure occurred in 1929 with initially eighteen teams in the top league. The first winners in 1930 were Internazionale, the national team also won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938. After World War II the league returned to a structure with a north-south divide. Torino were the first post-war league champions and went on to win four in a row, however, it is Juventus, Milan and Internazionale that have dominated the league since World War II, having won the title in 52 of the 69 seasons. The current league system dates back to 1978, when semi-professional sector was disbanded, in that year, the current Lega Pro which ruled Serie C and Serie D, turned in a fully professional league organizing new Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. Italy so became the country having two distinct professional football leagues,14 years before England. The Lega Pro was brought back in 2014, abolishing Serie C1, the first tier of Italian football is Serie A, which is governed by the Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A and is made up of 20 teams. Next is the Serie B, which is organised by the Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie B, both of these leagues cover the whole of Italy. The third tier is the Lega Pro, formerly known as Serie C and it is run by the Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico, it has three divisions which are generally split on the basis of location

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Milan
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Milan is a city in Italy, capital of the Lombardy region, and the most populous metropolitan area and the second most populous comune in Italy. The population of the city proper is 1,351,000, Milan has a population of about 8,500,000 people. It is the industrial and financial centre of Italy and one of global significance. In terms of GDP, it has the largest economy among European non-capital cities, Milan is considered part of the Blue Banana and lies at the heart of one of the Four Motors for Europe. Milan is an Alpha leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, services, research, and tourism. Its business district hosts Italys Stock Exchange and the headquarters of the largest national and international banks, the city is a major world fashion and design capital, well known for several international events and fairs, including Milan Fashion Week and the Milan Furniture Fair. The city hosts numerous cultural institutions, academies and universities, with 11% of the national total enrolled students, Milans museums, theatres and landmarks attract over 9 million visitors annually. Milan – after Naples – is the second Italian city with the highest number of accredited stars from the Michelin Guide, the city hosted the Universal Exposition in 1906 and 2015. Milan is home to two of Europes major football teams, A. C. Milan and F. C. Internazionale, the etymology of Milan is uncertain. One theory holds that the Latin name Mediolanum comes from the Latin words medio, however, some scholars believe lanum comes from the Celtic root lan, meaning an enclosure or demarcated territory in which Celtic communities used to build shrines. Hence, Mediolanum could signify the central town or sanctuary of a Celtic tribe, indeed, the name Mediolanum is borne by about sixty Gallo-Roman sites in France, e. g. Saintes and Évreux. Alciato credits Ambrose for his account, around 400 BC, the Celtic Insubres settled Milan and the surrounding region. In 222 BC, the Romans conquered the settlement, renaming it Mediolanum, Milan was eventually declared the capital of the Western Roman Empire by Emperor Diocletian in 286 AD. Diocletian chose to stay in the Eastern Roman Empire and his colleague Maximianus ruled the Western one, immediately Maximian built several monuments, such as a large circus 470 m ×85 m, the Thermae Herculeae, a large complex of imperial palaces and several other buildings. With the Edict of Milan of 313, Emperor Constantine I guaranteed freedom of religion for Christians, after the city was besieged by the Visigoths in 402, the imperial residence was moved to Ravenna. In 452, the Huns overran the city, in 539, the Ostrogoths conquered and destroyed Milan during the Gothic War against Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. In the summer of 569, a Teutonic tribe, the Lombards, conquered Milan, some Roman structures remained in use in Milan under Lombard rule. Milan surrendered to the Franks in 774 when Charlemagne took the title of King of the Lombards, the Iron Crown of Lombardy dates from this period

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Genoa
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Genoa is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015,594,733 people lived within the administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. Genoa has been nicknamed la Superba due to its glorious past, part of the old town of Genoa was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2006. The citys rich history in notably its art, music. It is the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Paganini, Giuseppe Mazzini, Genoa, which forms the southern corner of the Milan-Turin-Genoa industrial triangle of north-west Italy, is one of the countrys major economic centres. The city has hosted massive shipyards and steelworks since the 19th century, the Bank of Saint George, founded in 1407, is among the oldest in the world and has played an important role in the citys prosperity since the middle of the 15th century. Today a number of leading Italian companies are based in the city, including Fincantieri, Selex ES, Ansaldo Energia, Ansaldo STS, Edoardo Raffinerie Garrone, Piaggio Aerospace, the Genoa area has been inhabited since the fifth or fourth millennium BC. In ancient times this area was frequented and inhabited by Ligures, Phoenicians, Phocaeans, Greeks, and Etruscans. The city cemetery, dating from the 6th and 5th centuries BC, testifies to the occupation of the site by the Greeks, but the fine harbour probably saw use much earlier, perhaps by the Etruscans. In the 5th century BC was founded the first oppidum at the foot of the today called the Castle Hill which now is inside the medieval old town. The ancient Ligurian city was known as Stalia, so referred to by Artemidorus Ephesius and Pomponius Mela, Ligurian Stalia was overshadowed by the powerful Marseille and Vada Sabatia, near modern Savona. Stalia had an alliance with Rome through a foedus aequum in the course of the Second Punic War, the Carthaginians accordingly destroyed it in 209 BC. The town was rebuilt and, after the Carthaginian Wars ended in 146 BC. it received municipal rights, the original castrum thenceforth expanded towards the current areas of Santa Maria di Castello and the San Lorenzo promontory. Trades included skins, wood, and honey, goods were shipped to the mainland, up to major cities like Tortona and Piacenza. Among the archeological remains from the Roman period, an amphitheatre was also found, another theory traces the name to the Etruscan word Kainua which means New City and still another from the Latin word ianua, related to the name of the God Janus, meaning door or passage. The latter is in reference to its position at the centre of the Ligurian coastal arch. The Latin name, oppidum Genua, is recorded by Pliny the Elder as part of the Augustean Regio IX Liguria, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Ostrogoths occupied Genoa

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Rome
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Rome is a special comune and the capital of Italy. Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region, with 2,873,598 residents in 1,285 km2, it is also the countrys largest and most populated comune and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the center of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4.3 million residents, the city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio, along the shores of the Tiber. Romes history spans more than 2,500 years, while Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at only around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The citys early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans and it was first called The Eternal City by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the Caput Mundi, due to that, Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance, and then the birthplace of both the Baroque style and Neoclassicism. Famous artists, painters, sculptors and architects made Rome the centre of their activity, in 1871 Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, and in 1946 that of the Italian Republic. Rome has the status of a global city, Rome ranked in 2014 as the 14th-most-visited city in the world, 3rd most visited in the European Union, and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy. Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, monuments and museums such as the Vatican Museums and the Colosseum are among the worlds most visited tourist destinations with both locations receiving millions of tourists a year. Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics and is the seat of United Nations Food, however, it is a possibility that the name Romulus was actually derived from Rome itself. As early as the 4th century, there have been alternate theories proposed on the origin of the name Roma. There is archaeological evidence of occupation of the Rome area from approximately 14,000 years ago. Evidence of stone tools, pottery and stone weapons attest to about 10,000 years of human presence, several excavations support the view that Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill built above the area of the future Roman Forum. Between the end of the age and the beginning of the Iron age. However, none of them had yet an urban quality, nowadays, there is a wide consensus that the city was gradually born through the aggregation of several villages around the largest one, placed above the Palatine. All these happenings, which according to the excavations took place more or less around the mid of the 8th century BC. Despite recent excavations at the Palatine hill, the view that Rome has been indeed founded with an act of will as the legend suggests in the middle of the 8th century BC remains a fringe hypothesis. Traditional stories handed down by the ancient Romans themselves explain the earliest history of their city in terms of legend and myth

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Vicenza Calcio
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Vicenza Calcio is an Italian professional football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. Founded in 1902 as Associazione del Calcio in Vicenza, they became Lanerossi Vicenza in 1953. It is the oldest team in Veneto, officially founded on 9 March 1902 by the dean of Liceo Lioy, Tito Buy. During the 20s and the 30s, the played in lower divisions. In the last round of the season, a 6–2 win versus Juventus, in Turin, in 1947, Vicenza finished fifth in Serie A, but the following year was relegated. The early 1950s were quite troublesome, due to problems, but in 1953 it was bought by Lanerossi. Between 1955 and 1975 Vicenza never left the top level, always putting a fight against more established clubs. In this period the side was known as Nobile Provinciale. In 1964 and 1966 it finished 6th, with the Brazilian Luis Vinicio finishing leagues top-scorer in the former, with 25 goals. In 1975 the club was relegated but, after winning the 1976–77 second division, would eventually finish runners-up in the season, as a young Paolo Rossi led the scoring charts. In that year the side was nicknamed Real Vicenza, club chairman Giuseppe Farina had just bought the striker from Juventus for a then record fee of 2.6 billion lire, but the team would eventually drop two levels in just three seasons. In the mid-1980s, Roberto Baggio started his career at the club, in 1986 Vicenza achieved a top flight promotion that was subsequently denied due to its involvement in the second Totonero match-fixing scandal. The club was relegated back to Serie C1. In 1990 Vicenza took back its current name and was promoted to Serie B in 1993, in the season 2011–12 the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione after losing the relegation play-off against Empoli. Vicenza, however, were reinstated in Serie B at the eve of the 2012–13 season in place of Lecce for its role in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal, following the dissolution of Siena, Vicenza were promoted to become the 22nd team in Serie B. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, 2016–17 season Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality,3 – Giulio Savoini 25 – Piermario Morosini, Midfielder – posthumous honour

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Ternana
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Ternana Calcio is an Italian football club based in the city of Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993, in its history, Ternana have twice played in Serie A and 27 times in Serie B. The club is playing in Serie B. The first team from Umbria to reach Serie A, Ternana enjoy a rivalry with Perugia. The club was founded in 1925 as Terni F. B. C after the merger between Terni Football Club and Unione Sportiva Ternana, reaching the II Division in 1926 and the I Division just a year later. The club, however, folded in due to financial difficulties, in 1938 the new club reached promotion to Serie C, missing a second consecutive promotion the following year. A third relegation, this time to Promozione, came in 1953, the club returned to Serie C in 1964, and Serie B in 1968, the latter under coach Corrado Viciani. In 1972, Ternana finally won Serie B and reached Serie A for their first time, again with Viciani as coach. However, the club did not prove to be ready for Serie A, as they were relegated in their debut appearance in the top flight. In 1974, again in Serie B, Ternana managed to reach one of the three top spots, winning their promotion to Serie A, this was, however. During the 1980s Ternana played between Serie C1 and Serie C2, before going bankrupt on 12 December 1987, managed by an official liquidator, Ternana ended the season and escaped relegation. The club, bought in the summer of 1988 by a consortium headed by Gaspare Gambino, successively, Ternana won Serie C1 in 1992 and marked their return to Serie B. The promotion was, however, followed by financial troubles that prevented new signings, at the end of the season, which the team finished in the last position, Ternana went officially bankrupt. On the summer 1993 the club was refounded as Ternana Calcio and was being forced to begin again from Serie D, in their first Serie D campaign, Ternana missed promotion, ending in third place behind Teramo and local rivals Narnese. This was followed by another attempt, as Ternana lost promotion to Viterbese, despite this. In 1996–97 and 1997–98, with a new president and Luigi Delneri as head coach, Ternana played Serie B from 1998 until 2006. In 2004 missed a promotion in Serie A finishing 4 points behind Fiorentina, in 2006 they were relegated to Serie C1. Iin the season 2010–11 the club was relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after losing the play-out, in the following season 2011–12 it was promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione to Serie B

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Civitavecchia Calcio
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Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Civitavecchia 1920 is an Italian association football club located in Civitavecchia, Lazio. It currently plays in Eccellenza Lazio and it was founded on 1920 as Società Sportiva Civitavecchiese. The historical local club folded in 2005, and restarted again from Terza Categoria, on 2007 the club bought the sports title of Unione Sportiva Civitavecchiese, just relegated to Eccellenza Lazio from Serie D, managing to reach promotion to Serie D in their first season. In 2010–11 season the team played in Eccellenza Lazio A ranking 2nd, the clubs colors are black and blue

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Football Club Savoia 1908
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Associazione Calcio Savoia 1908 is an Italian association football club located in Torre Annunziata, Campania. It currently plays in Serie D, founded in 1908 as Unione Sportiva Savoia, after the homonymous Italian royal family at the time, the team played the Italian Serie A league finals in 1924, losing to Genoa C. F. C. In 1955 a new club restarts as Unione Sportiva Savoia 1908, relegating down to Serie D, two consecutive promotions, in 1964 and 1965, led Savoia to Serie C, where however played just for one season. In 1978/1979, Savoia was admitted by the Italian Football Federation to the newborn Serie C2 division, Savoia returned to play Serie C2 eight years later, and promoted to Serie C1 ih 1994/1995 after playoffs. In 1998/1999, under coach Osvaldo Jaconi, popular for his years at Castel di Sangro. In the playoff semifinals, Savoia sensationally eliminated Palermo, winning both the matches, and defeating 2–0 Juve Stabia in a final, and also a derby between two rival teams. After an unenthusiastic Serie C1 campaign in 2000/2001, in the next summer Savoia was cancelled because of financial troubles. On those days, an Eccellenza club from Naples, Internapoli, accepted to relocate to Torre Annunziata and switched its denomination to Intersavoia, following that promotion, the team has assumed the former denomination. At the end of the 2008-09 Serie D season the club was relegated to Eccellenza, in the summer 2010 the club was refounded as A. S. D. Calcio Savoia and restarts from Promozione, in this season 2010–11 it was promoted to Eccellenza Campania, also in the next season it was promoted, now to Serie D. In the season 2013–14 it was promoted to Lega Pro as Serie D/I winners

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Juve Stabia
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Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian football club, based in Castellammare di Stabia. Currently, Juve Stabia plays in Lega Pro, the origins of football in the town of Castellammare di Stabia in the Metropolitan City of Naples. Can be traced back to 19 March 1907, when Weiss, changing its name to F. C. Stabiese in 1930. In the summer 1933, has filed for bankruptcy, Stabia was refounded as A. C. Stabia by Salvatore Russo in 1933. In the season 1951–52 it has played in Serie B, in 1953 it was declared bankrupt. In 1953 the second club of the town Società Sportiva Juventus Stabia, founded in 1945 becomes so the team of Castellamare di Stabia. The club has declared bankrupt in 2001, in the summer 2002 the entrepreneur Paolo DArco acquired the sports rights of Serie D of Comprensorio Nola renamed immediately Comprensorio Stabia and since the summer 2003 with the current name. At the end of the season it was promoted to Serie C2, in the season 2008–09 the club was relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, but was immediately promoted the next season. In the season 2010–11 Juve Stabia was promoted in Serie B after 59 years and it played in the Italian second division for three consecutive seasons before being relegated in 2013–14. Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality

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Scafatese
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Not to be confused with A. S. D. U. S. Scafatese Calcio, a Serie D team founded in 2010, società Sportiva Scafatese Calcio 1922 is an Italian association football club located in Scafati, Campania. Currently it plays in Eccellenza Campania, the club was founded in 1922 as Unione Sportiva Scafatese. In the season 1946–47 and in the next it played in Serie B, in the summer 2010 for financial problems, it does not join 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione and restarted from Terza Categoria. The team was promoted to Promozione Campania in the 2012–13 season after an ascent started in Terza Categoria Salerno/A in the 2010–11 season, in the summer 2013 it merged with Montecorvino Rovella, club of Eccellenza. In the 2013–14 season it played with the fellow-citizen of A. S. D and its colors are blue and yellow

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FC Messina Peloro
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Associazioni Calcio Riunite Messina 1947 is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Lega Pro, the origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F. C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues and they last competed in 43 Specimen in 2007–08, this following three consecutive seasons in Serie A. On July 2008 Messina were excluded from football due to financial issues. The farthest Messina has reached in the Coppa Italia is the last 16, in the past, they have also reached the semi-finals in the Coppa Italia Serie C. Messina have appeared in the Italys top league Serie A, for a total of five seasons during their history. The clubs first spell in the league was in the 1960s, the highest ever position they have finished is 7th, which happened during the 2004–05 season. The history of Messina Football Club began when Alfredo Marangolo returned to Sicily in August 1900 from studying in London, in Great Britain the game of football was fast gathering popularity with The Football League in its early stages. Messina Football Club were officially founded on 1 December 1900 by Marangolo with the help of Anglican reverend Caulifield, at the college where Marangolo visited he had also made the acquaintance of Ignazio Majo Pagano who formed Anglo Palermitan on his return, only a month before Messina. Indeed, the first Sicilian derby was held between Messina and Palermo on 18 April 1901,1000 fans turned out to Via Notarbartolo in support their club for the match. The game ended 3–2 to the Palermitan side, a strong bond, and healthy rivalry had built up between the two Sicilian clubs and a competition named the Whitaker Challenge Cup was arranged to be played between them. The first was held in 1905, Messina won another game, Messina repeated the feat the following year at San Ranieri, capturing the trophy in a 2–1 victory. Football resumed in Messina during the year, thanks largely to Arthur Barret Lascelles who used money from his own pocket to ensure football activity in the city would continue. By 1910 the funds of Barret had dried up and the club was folded, the club participated in the Italian Football Championship of 1921–22 organised by the C. C. I. Finishing third in the Sicilian group section, this was the first Championship in which clubs from the Island were entered, the following season the FIGC and CCI were unified. This coincided with mergers in Messina, as side, Umberto I Messina, was incorporated into US Messinese. The following month this new side was fused again, this time with Messina Sporting Club, only two years later in December 1924 FC Messina was melted, and the players became part of the reformed US Messinese. Finally, Messinese qualified for the semi-finals of the International league, here Messinese played against Alba Roma, Cavese and Liberty Bari, but failed to win a single match, scoring only two goals in six games. Messina would be promoted to Serie B for the 1932–33 campaign under the presidency of Francesco Lombardo and Koenigs coaching, the spell in Serie B was also notable for the local rivalry between them and Calcio Catania

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Italy
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Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. Due to its shape, it is referred to in Italy as lo Stivale. With 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth most populous EU member state, the Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom, which eventually became a republic that conquered and assimilated other nearby civilisations. The legacy of the Roman Empire is widespread and can be observed in the distribution of civilian law, republican governments, Christianity. The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe, bringing a renewed interest in humanism, science, exploration, Italian culture flourished at this time, producing famous scholars, artists and polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Michelangelo and Machiavelli. The weakened sovereigns soon fell victim to conquest by European powers such as France, Spain and Austria. Despite being one of the victors in World War I, Italy entered a period of economic crisis and social turmoil. The subsequent participation in World War II on the Axis side ended in defeat, economic destruction. Today, Italy has the third largest economy in the Eurozone and it has a very high level of human development and is ranked sixth in the world for life expectancy. The country plays a prominent role in regional and global economic, military, cultural and diplomatic affairs, as a reflection of its cultural wealth, Italy is home to 51 World Heritage Sites, the most in the world, and is the fifth most visited country. The assumptions on the etymology of the name Italia are very numerous, according to one of the more common explanations, the term Italia, from Latin, Italia, was borrowed through Greek from the Oscan Víteliú, meaning land of young cattle. The bull was a symbol of the southern Italic tribes and was often depicted goring the Roman wolf as a defiant symbol of free Italy during the Social War. Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus states this account together with the legend that Italy was named after Italus, mentioned also by Aristotle and Thucydides. The name Italia originally applied only to a part of what is now Southern Italy – according to Antiochus of Syracuse, but by his time Oenotria and Italy had become synonymous, and the name also applied to most of Lucania as well. The Greeks gradually came to apply the name Italia to a larger region, excavations throughout Italy revealed a Neanderthal presence dating back to the Palaeolithic period, some 200,000 years ago, modern Humans arrived about 40,000 years ago. Other ancient Italian peoples of undetermined language families but of possible origins include the Rhaetian people and Cammuni. Also the Phoenicians established colonies on the coasts of Sardinia and Sicily, the Roman legacy has deeply influenced the Western civilisation, shaping most of the modern world

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Football in Italy
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Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world and they have won the FIFA World Cup four times, trailing only Brazil, runners-up in two finals and reaching a third place. They have also won one European championship, also appearing in two finals, one Olympic football tournament and two Central European International Cups. Italys top domestic league, the Serie A, is one of the most popular sports leagues in the world. Italys club sides have won 48 major European trophies, making them the second most successful nation in European football, Juventus, Milan and Inter, along with Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and Napoli are known as the Seven Sisters of Italian football. Italian managers are the most successful in European Football, especially in such as the Champions League. More players have won the coveted Ballon dOr award while playing at a Serie A club than any other league in the world, other forms of football were played in Italy in ancient times, the earliest of which was Harpastum, played during the times of the Roman Empire. This game may have also been influential to other forms throughout Europe due to the expansion of the Empire, from the 16th century onwards, Calcio Fiorentino, another code of football distinct from the modern game, was played in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. Some famous Florentines were amongst players of the game, particularly the Medici family including Piero, Lorenzo, as well as Popes such as Clement VII, Leo XI and Urban VIII who played the game in the Vatican. The name calcio was later adopted for football in Italy, the modern variation of the game was brought to Italy during the 1880s. Three years later in 1896 a man named James Richardson Spensley arrived in Genoa introducing the football section of the club, however, evidence exists to suggest that the first club may have been from Turin. Edoardo Bosio, a merchant worker in the British textile industry had visited England and he returned to Turin in 1887 and was motivated to help spread football in his homeland. He founded Torino Football and Cricket Club that year while Nobili Torino soon followed, the second club bore the name of noble because it contained the Duke of the Abruzzi and Alfonso Ferrero di Ventimiglia. FIGC created the Italian Football Championship with the four founder clubs been, Genoa, FBC Torinese, Ginnastica Torino, the first competition of which was held at Velodromo Umberto I in Turin on 8 May 1898 and was won by Genoa. While it was common for clubs to compete in both FIGC and FNGI competitions early on, the won in the FIGC championship are the only ones officially recognised by the modern day league. In the following years, the tournament was structured into regional groups with the winners of each participating in a playoff with the eventual winners being declared champions. Until to 1904 the tournament was dominated by Genoa, who won 6 titles in 7 years, between 1905 and 1908 a Final Group among regional champions was contested to award the title and the Spensley Cup. Juventus won his first title and Spensley Cup in 1905, the former championship, where foreign players, too, were allowed to play, was renamed Federal Championship

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Italian Football Federation
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The Italian Football Federation, also known as Federcalcio, is the governing body of football in Italy. It organises the Italian football league, Coppa Italia, Italian national football team, and it is based in Rome, and technical department in Florence, and is a founding member of UEFA and a member of FIFA. The Federation was founded in 1898 when the sport was picking up in the country and it needed a structure to take football. The first presidency was decided in the Piedmontese capital of Turin, when created, this football federation was given a different name, Federazione Italiana Football because all play terms and rules were the same as the official FA rules. In the few years before and after the introduction of the Federation, clubs all over the country from Genoa, Turin, Milan, Naples, Rome, Palermo, and others were forming. The new name approved was Federazione Italiana Giuoco del Calcio and since then this has been the name of the Italian Football Federation, the debut of the Mens National Team was on 15 May 1910, at Arena Civica, wearing a white jersey where Italy defeated France 6–2. The following year, the jersey was introduced on the occasion of the match against Hungary. This Italian Federation was an amateur federation respecting FIFA rules when it became a member in 1905, at the end of World War 1, the federation had seen impressive development and several footballers were judged to be professional players and banned according to FIFA agreements. Foreigners had to live in the country in order to get a residence visa and they had to sign the declaration not being professional players so that FIFA rules were respected because for FIGC they were appearing as amateurs receiving just refunds. It was the beginning of the professionalism in Italy, the Carta di Viareggio reduced the number of foreign players to be fielded to just one per match so that the majority of Hungarians remained jobless and got back to their country. Commissioner Bruno Zauli led the FIGC renovation process, with the establishment of three Leagues and the creation of the Technical and the Youth Sectors, between 1964 and 1980, foreign players were banned from the Italian league, primarily to revive the national team. In December 1998, the FIGC celebrated its centenary at the Stadio Olimpico in a match featuring Italy vs World XI, the FIGC was placed in administration in May 2006 as a result of the 2006 Italian football scandal and was put under the management of Guido Rossi. In May 2006, Rossi was chosen and accepted the role of President of Telecom Italia and this appointment caused angry reactions from club presidents in Italy. On September 19, Rossi resigned his position as Commissioner of FIGC, on September 21, Luca Pancalli, head of the Italian Paralympic Committee, was chosen to replace Rossi. On April 2,2007, a new President was elected, following the 2014 FIFA World Cup Abete resigned and Carlo Tavecchio was elected President of the Federation and Michele Uva as general manager. In support of the activity and with a view of maximum transparency, World Cup,4 times European Football Championship, once Olympics, once Central European International Cup, twice Official site Italy at FIFA site Italy at UEFA site Italian calcio glossary

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List of Italian football champions
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The Italian football champions are the annual winners of Serie A, Italys premier football league competition. The title has been contested since 1898 in varying forms of competition, Juventus are the current champions, and have won a record of 32 titles. The first time the Scudetto was used was in 1924 when Genoa won its 9th championship title and decided to add a shield to their shirt as to reward. The finals of the first Italian Football Championship was decided in a day with four teams competing. The title was decided using a knock-out format between the finalists with Genoa, the inaugural winners, the knock-out format was used until the 1909–10 season, when a league consisting of nine teams was formed. The championship, which had been confined to a league in the north of Italy, became a national competition in 1929 with the foundation of Serie A. The first official football tournament was organised in 1898 by the Italian Football Federation. This tournament, the matches of the first Italian Football Championship, were held in a single day on 8 May 1898 in Turin. Genoa were crowned as champions, defeating Internazionale F. C. Torino by 3–1, in the following years, the tournament was structured into regional groups with the winners of each group participating in a playoff with the eventual winners being declared champions. The big clubs withdrew from both the championships in order to protest against the policy of FIF. The Federal Championship was won by Juventus against Doria, however, Juventus didnt receive Spensley Cup because Milan refused to give the Cup to the new Champion, Juventus, giving it to Spensley and his team, Genoa. In November 1908, FIF decided to award permanently Spensley Cup to Milan, the Italian Championship 1908 and Coppa Buni were won by Pro Vercelli beating Juventus, Doria and US Milanese. However, only Pro Vercelli was later recognized as Italian Champions 1908, the Italian Championship was won by Juventus, beating in the Final US Milanese. However, only Pro Vercelli was later recognized as Italian Champions 1909, the format was modified for the 1909–10 season which was played in a league format. Nine clubs participated playing each other home and away. Quello di I Categoria è suddiviso in Campionato Federale e Campionato Italiano, al primo possono prendere parte anche giuocatori di nazionalità estera, residenti in Italia, il secondo è riservato esclusivamente ai giuocatori di nazionalità italiana. At the end of the season, Pro Vercelli and Inter placed both in the first place, so a playoff was needed in order to assign the Federal title. This season was the first victory for Internazionale, who defeated Pro Vercelli in the final by a score of 10–3, in the 1910–11 season, teams from Veneto and Emilia were admitted for the first time to the championship

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Italy national football team
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The Italian national football team represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is one of the most successful teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles. In 1938, they became the first team to defend their previous World Cup tournament victory and they have also won a European Championship, as well as appearing in two other finals, one Olympic football tournament and two Central European International Cups. Italys highest finish at the FIFA Confederations Cup was in 2013, the national football team is known as Gli Azzurri from the traditional colour of Italian national teams and athletes representing Italy. The primary training ground is at the FIGC headquarters in Coverciano, Florence, the teams first match was held in Milan on 15 May 1910. Italy defeated France by a score of 6–2, with Italys first goal scored by Pietro Lana, some turmoil kept the players of Pro Vercelli, who were the best team in the league, out of the game. At the end of the match, the players received some cigarette packets thrown by the 4,000 spectators as a prize. The Italian team played with a system and consisted of, De Simoni, Varisco, Calì, Trerè, Fossati, Capello, Debernardi, Rizzi, Cevenini I, Lana, first captain of the team was Francesco Calì. The first success in a tournament came with the bronze medal in 1928 Summer Olympics. After losing the semi-final against Uruguay, an 11–3 victory against Egypt secured third place in the competition. In the 1927–30 and 1933–35 Central European International Cup, Italy achieved the first place out of five Central European teams, other stars of that era included Luis Monti, Giovanni Ferrari, Giuseppe Ruffino and Virginio Rosetta. The hosts, Azzurri, defeated Czechoslovakia 2–1 in extra time in Rome, with goals by Raimundo Orsi and they achieved their second title in a 4–2 defeat of Hungary, with two goals by Gino Colaussi and two goals by Silvio Piola in the World Cup that followed. In 1949,10 of the 11 players in the teams initial line-up were killed in the Superga air disaster that affected Torino, Italy did not advance further than the first round of the 1950 World Cup, as they were weakened severely due to the air disaster. The team had travelled by boat rather than by plane, fearing another accident, in the World Cup finals of 1954 and the 1962 that followed, Italy failed to progress past the first round, and did not qualify for the 1958 World Cup. Italy did not take part in the first edition of the European Championship in 1960 and their participation in the 1966 World Cup was ended by a 0–1 defeat at the hands of North Korea. Despite being the tournament favourites, the Azzurri, whose 1966 squad included Gianni Rivera, the Italian team was bitterly condemned upon their return home, while North Korean scorer Pak Doo-ik was celebrated as the David who killed Goliath. In 1968, the Azzurri won their first major competition since the 1938 World Cup, the match holds the distinction of being the only European Championship or World Cup final to go to a replay. After extra time the final ended in a 1–1 draw, and in the days before penalty shootouts, Italy won the replay 2–0 to take the trophy

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Italy national under-21 football team
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The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held two years. Italy is the most successful nation in the history of the competition, Italy has also been twice runner-up of the competition, in 1986 and 2013. From 1990 to 2004 the team established near-total dominance of European Under-21 football, Italys Under-21s played the first match at the new Wembley Stadium, on 24 March 2007, against England Under-21s. The game resulted in a 3-3 draw, with Giampaolo Pazzini scoring all 3 goals for the Azzurrini, prior to the 2008 Olympic games, Italy U-21s went on to win the 2008 Toulon Tournament by beating Chile in the final. It was the first time they had won this tournament, previously their best had been runner-up on two occasions, in the 2015 U-21 Championship Italy was eliminated in the group stage. Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, for this reason, Italys record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group, finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group. 2007, Group stage, Winner of the Olympic qualification play-off,2017, Qualified 2019, Qualified Since 1992 Olympics football changed to U-23 event, and the European U-21 teams, technically is a U-23 teams. The winner, runner-up and third place of UEFA U-21 Championship qualify for Olympics, before 1992, See Italy national football team 1992, Losing quarter-finalists. Mediterranean Games Football tournament was U-23 event in 1993 and 1997, Players born in 1994 or later are eligible for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The following eligible players have called up in the squad. Note, Players in italics have already called up to the senior team for official matches. The following players have called up for the friendly matches against Poland on 23 March 2017. Caps and goals updated as of 27 March 2017, after the match against Spain

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Italy national under-20 football team
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Italy national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is every two years. The U20 team is the de facto under-19 of the previous year, the team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends on U19 result. The U19 team finished runners-up of the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, any player may receive an U20 call-up regardless of whether they have played for the under-19 team. As the team participate in friendly tournaments, overage players may also be selected. The team participated in an annual Four Nations Tournament with Germany, Switzerland and Poland, the 2011 edition was played by Italy Universiade team. Italy national under-21 football team FIFA U-20 World Cup

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Italy national under-18 football team
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The team was known as Italy national under-17 football team prior 2001. The current manager is Paolo Nicolato, the under-18 team were compose of players from Italy national under-17 football team of the previous season, as well as new call-up. The team acted as the team of Italy national under-19 football team. Before 2001, the name of the team was Italian national under-17 football team. However, the age limit of the team was always under-17 at the start of season, the following 18 players were called up to the 11 November 2016 international friendly against the Austria under-18 side in Caldogno, Italy

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Italy national under-16 football team
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The Italy national U-16 football team is the national under-16 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team was known as Italy national under-15 football team prior 2001, the Italy under-16 football team is a feeder team of the Italy under-17 team. Since the 2002 Tournament, the age in the name of the tournament has referred to the age limit at the end of season, the current manager is Daniele Zoratto, who took over from Bruno Tedino in 2014. They play the majority of their matches at the Stadio Comunale Filippo Pirani in Grottammare. The team regularly competes in the Montaigu Tournament, winning on two occasions, finishing runner-up on four occasions, and third place on a further two occasions

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Italy national under-15 football team
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The Italy national U-15 football team is the national under-15 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The Italy U15 football team is a team of Italy U16. In the past, the commencing of national under-15 team depends on the result of Italy national under-17 football team, nevertheless, the U15 team did not appear in 2005 or in 2009, which U17 also qualified. The majority of the squad was selected from national giovanissimi under-15 league

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Lega Serie B
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The Lega Nazionale Professionisti B, commonly known as Lega B, is the governing body that runs the second tier of professional football competitions in Italy, the Serie B. Since April 2011, Lega Serie B has joined the European Professional Football Leagues association, there are 22 clubs in Serie B. During the course of a season each club plays the others twice, once at their stadium and once at that of their opponents. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw, no points are awarded for a loss, teams are ranked by total points, the club with the most points is crowned champion at the end of each season. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position, the Lega Serie B clubs participate in the Coppa Italia, which is organized by the Lega Serie A

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Lega Nazionale Professionisti
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The Lega Nazionale Professionisti, commonly known as Lega Calcio, was the governing body that ran the two highest football divisions in Italy, namely Serie A and Serie B, from 1946 to 2010. It has ceased to exist on 1 July 2010, following a split between Serie A and Serie B clubs, which led to the creation of two new leagues, the Lega Serie A and Lega Serie B respectively. Its predecessor during the fascist era, between 1926 and 1944, was the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori, a league president was appointed by the FIGC. Earlier still before, the first football league in Italy was the Lega Nord, besides, the Lega Calcio also organized the main Italian cup competition, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana. The member clubs of the Lega Calcio were grouped into two divisions, the Serie A and Serie B, in any given season a club played each of the others in the same division twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. Clubs gained three points for a win one for a draw, and none for a defeat, at the end of each season, the club with the most points in the Serie A was crowned champion. If points were equal, the head-to-head records determined the winner, if still equal, the goal difference and then goals scored became the deciding factors. As for Serie B, at the top end three clubs won promotion to Serie A, with the bottom three Serie A clubs taking their places. At the lower end, four club were relegated to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione and it was therefore possible for a team finishing sixth in the championship to be promoted rather than the clubs finishing immediately above them in the standings. Likewise, one place to the Prima Divisione was decided according to a playoff between two clubs. Youth teams of Lega Calcio clubs played in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera, as well as competing in their own cup competitions, such as the Coppa Italia Primavera and the Supercoppa Primavera. The Lega Calcio organised a cup competition, the Coppa Italia, open to all Serie A and Serie B clubs and some clubs from the Lega Pro and the LND. The Lega Calcio also organised the Supercoppa Italiana, between the champions of the Serie A and the winners of the Coppa Italia. Subsequently, on 1 July 2010, the Lega Calcio has officially ceased to exist and replaced by the two newly formed leagues, Lega Serie A and Lega Serie B

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Serie A
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It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new league, the Lega Serie A, was created for the 2010–11 season. Serie A is regarded as one of the best football leagues in the world, Serie A led the UEFA ranking from 1986 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1999. In its current format, the Italian Football Championship was revised from having regional and interregional rounds, the championship titles won prior to 1929 are officially recognised by FIGC with the same weighting as titles that were subsequently awarded. However, the 1945–46 season, when the league was played over two groups due to the ravages of WWII, is not statistically considered, even if its title is fully official. All the winning teams are recognised with the title of Campione dItalia, Juventus, Italys most successful club of the 20th century and the most successful Italian team, is tied for fourth in Europe and eighth in the world with the most official international titles. The club is also the one in the world to have won all possible official continental competitions. Milan is joint third club for international titles won in the world. Internazionale, following their achievements in the 2009–10 season, became the first Italian team to have achieved a treble, Juventus, Milan and Inter, along with Roma, Fiorentina, Lazio and Napoli, are known as the Seven Sisters of Italian football. For most of Serie As history, there were 16 or 18 clubs competing at the top level, since 2004–05, however, there have been 20 clubs altogether. One season was played with 21 teams for political reasons, thus, in Italian football a true round-robin format is used. In the first half of the season, called the andata, each team plays once against each league opponent, since the 1994–95 season, teams are awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a loss. Since Italy is currently rated fourth in Europe in terms of club football ratings, teams finishing fourth and fifth qualify for the UEFA Europa League tournament. A third UEFA Europa League spot is reserved for the winner of the Coppa Italia, if both Coppa Italia finalists finish among the top five teams in Serie A, the sixth-ranked team in Serie A is awarded the UEFA Europa League spot. The three lowest-placed teams are relegated to Serie B, any play-off was held after the end of regular season. The last championship playoff occurred in the 1963-64 season when Bologna, below is a list of Serie A clubs who have competed in the competition when it has been a league format. There are 66 teams that have taken part in 85 Serie A championships in a round that was played from the 1929–30 season until the 2016–17 season. The teams in bold compete in Serie A currently, Internazionale is the only team that has played Serie A football in every season. Serie A, as it is structured today, began during the 1929–1930 season, from 1898 to 1922, the competition was organised into regional groups

Association football league system in Italy
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A certain number of the most successful clubs in each league can rise to a higher league, whilst those that finish at the bottom of their league can find themselves relegated. In addition to sporting performance, promotion is usually contingent on meeting criteria set by the higher league, in theory it is possible for a lowly local amateur club to

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Association football

Milan
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Milan is a city in Italy, capital of the Lombardy region, and the most populous metropolitan area and the second most populous comune in Italy. The population of the city proper is 1,351,000, Milan has a population of about 8,500,000 people. It is the industrial and financial centre of Italy and one of global significance. In terms of GDP, it has t

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Milan Cathedral, La Scala opera house and Porta Nuova business district

Genoa
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Genoa is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015,594,733 people lived within the administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. Genoa has been nicknamed la Superba due to i

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A collage of Genoa, clockwise from top left: Torre della Lanterna, Piazza de Ferrari, Galleria Mazzini, Brigata Liguria Street, view of San Teodoro from Port of Genoa

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The Polcevera bronze tablet, evidence of the Roman and pre-Roman past of Genoa.

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Portrait of Christopher Columbus by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio

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The iconic Lanterna, renaissance lighthouse of Genoa built in 1543

Rome
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Rome is a special comune and the capital of Italy. Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region, with 2,873,598 residents in 1,285 km2, it is also the countrys largest and most populated comune and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the center of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a

Vicenza Calcio
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Vicenza Calcio is an Italian professional football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. Founded in 1902 as Associazione del Calcio in Vicenza, they became Lanerossi Vicenza in 1953. It is the oldest team in Veneto, officially founded on 9 March 1902 by the dean of Liceo Lioy, Tito Buy. During the 20s and the 30s, the played in lower divisions. In the las

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Vicenza

Ternana
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Ternana Calcio is an Italian football club based in the city of Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993, in its history, Ternana have twice played in Serie A and 27 times in Serie B. The club is playing in Serie B. The first team from Umbria to reach Serie A, Ternana enjoy a rivalry with Perugia. The club was founded in 19

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Ternana

Civitavecchia Calcio
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Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Civitavecchia 1920 is an Italian association football club located in Civitavecchia, Lazio. It currently plays in Eccellenza Lazio and it was founded on 1920 as Società Sportiva Civitavecchiese. The historical local club folded in 2005, and restarted again from Terza Categoria, on 2007 the club bought the sport

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Home colours

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Civitavecchia

Football Club Savoia 1908
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Associazione Calcio Savoia 1908 is an Italian association football club located in Torre Annunziata, Campania. It currently plays in Serie D, founded in 1908 as Unione Sportiva Savoia, after the homonymous Italian royal family at the time, the team played the Italian Serie A league finals in 1924, losing to Genoa C. F. C. In 1955 a new club restart

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Savoia

Juve Stabia
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Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian football club, based in Castellammare di Stabia. Currently, Juve Stabia plays in Lega Pro, the origins of football in the town of Castellammare di Stabia in the Metropolitan City of Naples. Can be traced back to 19 March 1907, when Weiss, changing its name to F. C. Stabiese in 1930. In the summer 1933, has

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Juve Stabia

Scafatese
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Not to be confused with A. S. D. U. S. Scafatese Calcio, a Serie D team founded in 2010, società Sportiva Scafatese Calcio 1922 is an Italian association football club located in Scafati, Campania. Currently it plays in Eccellenza Campania, the club was founded in 1922 as Unione Sportiva Scafatese. In the season 1946–47 and in the next it played in

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Scafatese

FC Messina Peloro
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Associazioni Calcio Riunite Messina 1947 is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Lega Pro, the origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F. C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues and they last competed in 43 Specimen in 2007–08, this followin

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Messina team photograph from 1910.

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Messina

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Messina's last squad of the 1930s, while Lombardo was president.

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Stadio San Filippo.

Italy
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Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. Due to its shape, it is refe

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The Colosseum in Rome, built c. 70 – 80 AD, is considered one of the greatest works of architecture and engineering of ancient history.

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Flag

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The Iron Crown of Lombardy, for centuries symbol of the Kings of Italy.

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Castel del Monte, built by German Emperor Frederick II, UNESCO World Heritage site

Football in Italy
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Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world and they have won the FIFA World Cup four times, trailing only Brazil, runners-up in two finals and reaching a third place. They have also won one European championship, also appearing in two finals, one Ol

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Illustration of a game of Calcio Fiorentino from 1688

Italian Football Federation
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The Italian Football Federation, also known as Federcalcio, is the governing body of football in Italy. It organises the Italian football league, Coppa Italia, Italian national football team, and it is based in Rome, and technical department in Florence, and is a founding member of UEFA and a member of FIFA. The Federation was founded in 1898 when

List of Italian football champions
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The Italian football champions are the annual winners of Serie A, Italys premier football league competition. The title has been contested since 1898 in varying forms of competition, Juventus are the current champions, and have won a record of 32 titles. The first time the Scudetto was used was in 1924 when Genoa won its 9th championship title and

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Gunnar Nordahl, by winning the Capocannoniere title five times, is the pluricapocannoniere of the Serie A, while playing at A.C. Milan.

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The Capocannoniere has been won 17 times by A.C. Milan players, the most recent being Zlatan Ibrahimović in 2012

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Of foreign players, Argentines have won the Capcannoniere on the most occasions, the most recent being Mauro Icardi of Internazionale in 2015

Italy national football team
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The Italian national football team represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is one of the most successful teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles. In 1938, they became the first team to defend their previous World Cup tourname

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The squad celebrating its first FIFA World Cup in 1934.

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Italy

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Giuseppe Meazza played from 1930 to 1939 at the national team.

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Italy's line up, before the match against France in a group stage game at the 1978 FIFA World Cup at Estadio José María Minella (Mar del Plata, Argentina – 2 June 1978).

Italy national under-21 football team
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The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held two years. Italy is the most successful nation in the history of the competition, Italy has also been twice runner-up of the competition, i

Italy national under-20 football team
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Italy national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is every two years. The U20 team is the de facto under-19 of the previous year, the team qualified for its only official match, FIFA U-20 World Cup, depends o

Italy national under-18 football team
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The team was known as Italy national under-17 football team prior 2001. The current manager is Paolo Nicolato, the under-18 team were compose of players from Italy national under-17 football team of the previous season, as well as new call-up. The team acted as the team of Italy national under-19 football team. Before 2001, the name of the team was

Italy national under-16 football team
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The Italy national U-16 football team is the national under-16 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team was known as Italy national under-15 football team prior 2001, the Italy under-16 football team is a feeder team of the Italy under-17 team. Since the 2002 Tournament, the age in the name of the tourna

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First colours

Italy national under-15 football team
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The Italy national U-15 football team is the national under-15 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The Italy U15 football team is a team of Italy U16. In the past, the commencing of national under-15 team depends on the result of Italy national under-17 football team, nevertheless, the U15 team did not appea

Lega Serie B
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The Lega Nazionale Professionisti B, commonly known as Lega B, is the governing body that runs the second tier of professional football competitions in Italy, the Serie B. Since April 2011, Lega Serie B has joined the European Professional Football Leagues association, there are 22 clubs in Serie B. During the course of a season each club plays the

Lega Nazionale Professionisti
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The Lega Nazionale Professionisti, commonly known as Lega Calcio, was the governing body that ran the two highest football divisions in Italy, namely Serie A and Serie B, from 1946 to 2010. It has ceased to exist on 1 July 2010, following a split between Serie A and Serie B clubs, which led to the creation of two new leagues, the Lega Serie A and L

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Lega Nazionale Professionisti

Serie A
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It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new league, the Lega Serie A, was created for the 2010–11 season. Serie A is regarded as one of the best football leagues in the world, Serie A led the UEFA ranking from 1986 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1999. In its current format, the Italian Football Championship was revised from having regional